Help! I'm a Classroom Gambler
  • Published: 30 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446498699
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 208

Help! I'm a Classroom Gambler

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30 Sep 2011
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20 Jul 2018
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A fantastically funny view of the seedy world of schoolboy gambling from the hilarious Pete Johnson

Harvey thinks school is the most boring place on earth - and so he and his friends devise a way to help relieve their boredom. Lessons are actually quite interesting when you have more at stake than just whether you'll get through it without being sent to the head. Harvey and his fellow gamblers start to bet on how many times the supply teacher will give a nervous twitch, how often the Head will blow his nose and lots of other possible outcomes. All of a sudden, school is fun - but then the gambling craze starts to spread and Harvey realises it's all getting out of control...
A brilliant subversive look at classroom pranks and what goes on under the teacher's nose.
  • Published: 30 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446498699
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 208
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About the author

Pete Johnson

PETE JOHNSON began work as a film critic for Radio One, then became a teacher. His experiences in the classroom inspired him to write his first book for children, and he still keeps contact with a panel of young readers to gain their viewpoint as he writes. He is the author of over forty books, including the bestselling How To Train Your Parents. Pete’s books have won various awards, including the Young Telegraph Award and the Brilliant Book Award, and have been translated into twenty-three languages. He lives in St Albans.

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Praise for Help! I'm a Classroom Gambler

A hilarious school story with lots of laughs and a meaty message

The School Librarian

Help! I'm a Classroom Gambler displays Pete Johnson's characteristic wit and strong-hold over capturing both the politics and demotic of the classroom . . . The constituent parts of this novel make for a real romp of a read that will leave readers ravenous for more by Pete Johnson

Jacob Hope, Achuka

Wonderfully subversive . . . Johnson's own experience as a teacher gives this story of classroom mayhem an extra edge . . . Really funny, clever, exciting and completely draws the reader in

Supernanny

Every pre-teen knows that school can be a bit of a bore and Pete Johnson exploits this to the full with a brillant look at what pupils get up to right under teacher's nose - and how they can make amends when it all goes too far

Eastern Daily Press